| Marc Tiffeneau | |
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Marc Tiffeneau
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| Born |
November 5, 1873 Mouy, France |
| Died | May 20, 1945 (aged 71) Paris, France |
| Residence | France |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Chemistry, Pharmacology |
| Institutions |
Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris Faculté de Médecine de Paris Hôpitaux de Paris Académie des Sciences Académie de Médecine |
| Alma mater | École de pharmacie de Paris |
| Known for | Tiffeneau-Demjanov rearrangement |
| Notable awards | Prix Jecker, of the Académie des Sciences (1911 and 1923) |
Marc Émile Pierre Adolphe Tiffeneau (November 5, 1873 – May 20, 1945) was a French chemist who co-discovered the Tiffeneau-Demjanov rearrangement.
In 1899 he graduated from the École de pharmacie de Paris, and afterwards began work as a pharmacy intern in Paris hospitals. In 1904 he was named chief pharmacist at the Hôpital Boucicaut, and from 1927, worked in a similar capacity at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. From 1926 to 1944 he was a professor of pharmacology to the faculty of medicine at the Sorbonne.
Tiffeneau received his Ph.D in sciences in 1907 and his Ph.D in medicine in 1910. He was a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (from 1927), dean to the faculty of medicine (1937) and a member of the Académie des Sciences (from 1939). At the time of his death in 1945 he was president of the Société chimique de France.